House Beautiful

The House Beautiful reader is someone whose home is her bedrock. She is always improving it because the process – and result – delights her. Happiness in her home comes from easy luxury and highly personal style. Her home is a gift to share with family and friends.

House Beautiful

EDITOR’S LETTER

Design Doing Good

GIFTS THAT GIVE BACK • With more than 25 goodies to choose from, these gifts for your home are backed by companies working to have a positive impact outside of it.

For the LOVE of HOME • Our annual Whole Home project has always been a celebration of how meaningful design can create a safe haven from the chaos of the world around us. Never has that mission been more important.

How to Elevate Your Vacation Home • The best way to ensure your vacation home is an effortless escape? Install the right systems up front to do the heavy lifting, like we did in this year’s Whole Home. These are the technovations that will help you relax—when you’re there and even when you’re not.

Charmed, I’m Sure • What happens when a free-spirited attitude meets a classic sensibility? In this Long Island house, it’s the perfect match.

Quiet Time • Warm tones and natural textures took this Indiana home from cavernous to cozy.

JOY COMES FIRST • When happiness gets prioritized above resale value, you decorate fearlessly. It’s how one homeowner brought this charming San Antonio cottage back to life.

Hold the Line • Big choices can feel totally elegant—as one designer proves. Just stick to a restrained color palette and then don’t hold back.

A Change of Direction • The goal was a “bright and airy” vacation home, but one designer knew the homeowner’s request for all-white everything wasn’t the only way to get there.

RESOURCES

Statement Pieces • These jewelry-inspired sconces have the power to elevate even the most unadorned space.